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Quickspecs HP Integrity Rx8640 Server Overview RETIRED: Retired products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models. QuickSpecs HP Integrity rx8640 Server Overview HP Integrity rx8640 Server System Overview-Front View 1. Hot plug disks 4. Redundant hot-swap fans 2. Cell boards 5. PCI power supplies 3. Redundant hot-swap power 6. Removable media - DVD/DAT Integrity rx8640 Server System Overview-Rear View DA - 12471 Worldwide — Version 28 — August 1, 2009 Page 1 RETIRED: Retired products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models. QuickSpecs HP Integrity rx8640 Server Overview 1. System backbone 4. Hot-swap redundant fans 2. Core I/O 5. Hot-plug PCI slots 3. 2N redundant power inputs At A Glance rx8640 Server Product Number (base) AB297A Standard System Features HP UX 11i v2 and HP UX 11i v3 operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Linux RHEL AS 5 and AS 4 and SLES 10 SP 1. Mad9M rx8640 configuration not supported. OpenVMS V8.3-1H1 or higher (for Montvale). Mad9M rx8640 configurations not supported. External Ultra320 SCSI channel Two Internal Ultra320 SCSI channels, one channel to each internal disk 1 GbE LAN ports Management Processor technology with Integrated LAN console Rackmountable into HP 19 inch cabinets (factory or field integration) Rackmountable into some 3rd party cabinets Two hardware partitions (nPartitions) Four hardware partitions when configured with the Server Expansion Unit DA - 12471 Worldwide — Version 28 — August 1, 2009 Page 2 RETIRED: Retired products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models. QuickSpecs HP Integrity rx8640 Server Overview Factory integration of processors, memory, disk drives, removable media drives, and I/O cards HP site planning and installation One year warranty with same business day on site service response Owner's Guide and General Usage media set DA - 12471 Worldwide — Version 28 — August 1, 2009 Page 3 RETIRED: Retired products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models. QuickSpecs HP Integrity rx8640 Server HP Integrity rx8640 Server Flexible Advantage Starter (FAST) Base Systems The Flexible Advantage STarter base systems for the HP Integrity rx8640 Server allow for faster configurations due to the semi configured base system bundles. Configurations built from FAST base systems will have substantially lower prices than systems built from the parts. HP Integrity rx8640 Server FAST bundles Product Number1 Number of Intel dual Number of Cell Boards Number of Core I/O Number of Power core Itanium processors in bundle Cards in bundle Supplies in bundle AB443A 4 (4P/8C) 1 1 3 AB444A 8 (8P/16C) 2 1 4 AB446A 16 (16P/32C) 4 1 6 1 Includes base chassis and power supplies DA - 12471 Worldwide — Version 28 — August 1, 2009 Page 4 RETIRED: Retired products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models. QuickSpecs HP Integrity rx8640 Server Standard Features Minimum System One active core in an Intel Dual core Itanium (1P/2C) processor One processor per cell board (Dual core Itanium requires one active core per cell board) One cell board 4GB memory module (1 pair of 2GB DIMMs) One core I/O One internal DVD drive for OpenVMS and Windows Two power cords 8 hot plug 33 /66 /133 /266 MHz 64 bit PCI X slots or 8 mix of hot plug 64 bit PCI X and PCIe x8 IO slots with adaptive signaling technology Maximum Server Sixteen (16) Intel Dual core Itanium (16P/32C) processors Capacities Four (4) processors per cell board Four (4) cell boards 512GB memory (32 pairs of 8 GB DIMMs) Four power cords, providing 2N power and dual grid support Four internal hot plug LVD SCSI disks Two removable media drives-DVD or DAT Sixteen PCI expansion cards Maximum capacities when configured with the Server Expansion Unit 2 (SEU 2): Four core I/O cards Eight internal hot plug LVD SCSI disks Four removable media drives-DVD or DAT 32 hot plug 33 /66 /133 /266 MHz 64 bit PCI X slots or 32 mix of hot plug 64 bit PCI X and PCIe x8 IO slots with adaptive signaling technology Standard System Features HP UX 11i v3 and HP UX 11i v2 operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Linux RHEL AS 5 and AS 4 and SLES 10 SP 1. Mad9M rx8640 configuration not supported. OpenVMS V8.3 1H1 or higher (for 91X0N processors Montvale). Mad9M rx8640 configurations not supported. External Ultra320 SCSI channel Two Internal Ultra320 SCSI channels, one channel to each internal disk 1 GbE LAN ports Management Processor technology with Integrated LAN console Rackmountable into HP 19 inch cabinets (factory or field integration) Rackmountable into some 3rd party cabinets Two hardware partitions (nPartitions) Four hardware partitions when configured with the Server Expansion Unit Factory integration of processors, memory, disk drives, removable media drives, and I/O cards HP site planning and installation One year warranty with same business day on site service response Owner's Guide and General Usage media set DA - 12471 Worldwide — Version 28 — August 1, 2009 Page 5 RETIRED: Retired products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models. QuickSpecs HP Integrity rx8640 Server Standard Features High Availability N+1 Hot swap cooling Redundant and hot swap power supplies Cell Hot plug (implemented as dynamic nPars in HP UX 11i v3) Hot plug disks 2N power inputs On line memory page deallocation ECC protected DDR II memory Full parity protection of data and address buses On chip processor cache with ECC protection Memory double chip spare Dynamic Processor resilience and deallocation (processor deallocation on failure) On line addition and replacement of PCI I/O cards UPS power management Four independent UltraSCSI buses to internal disks for mirroring across disks and controllers Journal file system (HP UX) Auto reboot On line diagnostics and system health monitor Microsoft Cluster Services for Windows Server 2008 HP StorageWorks Software for HP Integrity Servers running Windows Server 2008. Includes Cluster Extension XP and EVA, Continuous Access, Business Copy and SQL Server Fast Recovery HP OpenVMS Cluster Software Security Separate console LAN port for system management Password protection on console port Disablement of remote console ports Internet Server Functions Internet server (inetd) Domain name server Routing (OSPF, BIND, RIP, EGP, HELLO, gateD) Network Time Protocol Client Configuration Automatic configuration for printers, PCs, workstations, and X terminals (DHCP, Bootp, tftp, Services rbootp) Optional Web Services Netscape Communication Server Netscape Navigator Email Mail, MailX, ELM Sendmail, MIME, SMTP, ESMTP Remote Access Services Telnet, ftp, anonymous ftp server DA - 12471 Worldwide — Version 28 — August 1, 2009 Page 6 RETIRED: Retired products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models. QuickSpecs HP Integrity rx8640 Server Configuration Configuration The HP Integrity rx8640 Server is a symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) server supporting up to sixteen high performance Intel dual core Itanium processors (90X0 series or 91X0N series). The server supports HP's advanced sx2000 chip set. The rx8640 can be configured as a single SMP server or divided into up to four smaller, hardware partitioned (nPars), logical servers. Cell Boards A minimum of one and a maximum of four cells can be ordered in HP Integrity rx8640 Servers. Each cell can be purchased with up to four active Intel dual core Itanium processors (90X0 series or 91X0N series) or in combination with Instant Capacity processors. The rx8640 can support a mix of 90X0 and 91X0N series processors; however, within a single cell, all processors must be identical. The HP Integrity rx8640 and HP Integrity rx7640 (8 processor) servers share the same cell board. The rp8400/rp8420/rx8620 cell boards cannot be carried forward to the rx8640 server. Cell Details 4 processor slots (supporting up to eight processor cores with dual core) HP sx2000 cell controller 16 DDR-2 Memory DIMM slots DC-DC Power converters Manageability and Processor Dependent Hardware Circuitry Cell Board Configuration Cell boards are ordered individually Rules Minimum: 1 cell board; Maximum: 4 cell boards Cell slots 0 or 1 must be loaded first Recommended Cell board loading order: 0,1,2,3 Cell Board and Processor Cannot Mix Montecito processors with Mad9M on same cell board Mixing Rules Cannot Mix Montecito processors with Mad9M in same partition Cannot Mix Montecito processors with Montvale processors on same cell Cannot Mix Montecito processors with Montvale processors in same partition Cannot Mix Montecito 1.4GHZ with Montecito 1.6GHZ on same cell board or
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